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Agency:
Bellairs Family
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1818
End Date:
01 Jan 1882
Description:
Louisa Bellairs (d.1870) was the widow of naval officer John Henry Bellairs (1791-1862). She emigrated to Tasmania with her daughter Mira Georgina to join her son Eugene. ;;Eugene Bellairs (1824-1911) emigrated to New Zealand in 1843, and was a member of the New Zealand Company survey party involved in the Wairau affray. He worked as a surveyor in Tasmania and Victoria before returning to New Zealand, where he worked for the Survey Department until his retirement in 1893.;;Mira Georgina Bellairs (1818-1882) ran schools for young ladies in New Town, Sorell, and Hobart, during the 1860s and 1870s.
Information Sources:
Insolvent Court: in re Eugene Bellairs, Ballarat Star 30 September 1858, p.2;;Obituary: Miss Georgina Bellairs, Mercury (Hobart) 25 September 1882, p.3;;Personal: The late Mr Eugene Bellairs, Dannevirke Advocate 19 October 1911, p.5;;
Functions Performed:
Family archives
Series Created By Agency:
NS5754 Franceville School Records31 Jul 187601 Jan 1878